Today I received my books in the mail. So exciting. Here’s a bit of the story. Watching the Tree Limbs and Wishing on Dandelions were my first PUBLISHED novels, via NavPress publishing. I wrote those books primarily when we lived in France. I wanted to show the progression of healing from childhood sexual abuse through [...]

This quote comes from my upcoming release, Beautiful Battle.

Nineteen years ago you looked at us wide eyed and happy. And you still light the world you inhabit. We love you.

Here’s a present for you this Christmas. Not that I’m any sort of artist, but I’m happy with this painting. (Don’t think I’m awesome; I did this at one of those paint studios that walks you through the process.) Anyhow, I’ve uploaded this large file so you can create your own print. Merry Christmas!

I hope this post finds you resting (ha ha). I know it’s a super hard time of year, so busy, so full of rush-rush-rush. Mind if I pray for you? Jesus, be near. Help us all to slow down enough to hear Your voice, rest in Your arms, and not let the clattering of the [...]

Last week I wrote a post about how I uploaded The 11 Secrets of Getting Published to CreateSpace, Amazon’s physical book printing arm.. I also uploaded Live Uncaged. Well, they’re quick, folks! Yesterday I received a box with both my proofs inside. How exciting! Both of these books have only existed in cyberworld, so to [...]

Today I’m thankful to have Barbara M. Orlowski talking about her book Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of Wholeness. For those of you who read the post about spiritual abuse and the accompanying post about what to do in its aftermath, this resource will be very helpful! Barbara addresses the gap [...]

I’m thankful to be a part of a new kind of writers conference. It’s called re:write and it’s completely different from any writing conference I’ve attended. Why? Because re:write is for any writer wishing to turn their words into a living. Self published. E published. Traditionally published. Blog published. We have speakers who have done [...]

My dear friends Randy Ingermanson and John Olson have just released an ebook that is not only a great read, but it includes all sorts of writerly things in its backmatter. Because of that, I wanted to share it with you, in Randy’s own words. Now until midnight, October 8th, you can get all this [...]